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No. 6l3,559. Patented Nov. I; I898. w. c. COLLYER.

LOOM SHUTTLE.

(Appliation filed Dec. 9, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES ATENT \VILLIAM O. OOLLYER, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM F. BULLOCK, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 613,559, dated November 1, 1898.

Application filed December 9, 1897. Serial No. 661,214. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. CoLLYER, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massach 11setts,have invented certain new an d useful Improvements in Loom-Shuttles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide means for quickly and conveniently threading a loom-shuttle without recourse to the objectionable practice of sucking the thread through the delivering end of the threadguiding channel by the mouth of the operator.

The invention consists in theimprovements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a portion of a loom-shuttle provided with my improvement, the movable slide on the shuttle being shown in position to receive the thread from the spindle. Fig. 2 represents a similar view showing the slide adjusted to deliver the thread at one side of the shuttle. Fig. 3 represents a view showing the body of the shuttle with the slide removed. Fig. 4 represents a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig.5 represents a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2, looking toward the left. Fig. 6 represents a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 2, looking toward the right.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the body of a loom-shuttle, the same being hollowed or chambered out to accommodate the spindle b in the usual manner. I do not show the end of the shuttle to which the spindle is connected, as my invention relates only to the portion of the shuttle through which the thread is conducted from the spindle, and the shuttle may be otherwise of any known or suitable construction.

In carrying out my invention I provide the shuttle with a thread-guiding channel extending from the spindle-containing chamber and comprising a receiving portion 2 and a de livering portion 3, the receiving portion extending longitudinally of the shuttle, while the delivering portion extends laterally toward one side of the shuttle. The receiving portion of the channel is substantially in line with the spindle cl, and the entire channel is adapted to conduct thread from the spindle and deflect it toward one side of the shuttle.

0 represents a movable slide provided with a thread receiving recess 4. Said slide is movable upon the shuttle and is adapted to be adjusted so that its recess 4 will register with the receiving portion 2 of the thread guiding channel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and to such position that the recess 4 will register with the delivering portion 3,as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The shuttle is threaded by first adjusting the slide a to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, then inserting the end of the thread in the portion 2 of the channel and in the recess 4 of the slide, and then turning the slide to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5, thus carrying the end of the thread into the delivering portion 3 and causing a portion of the slide to cover the receiving portion 2, so that the thread cannot escape laterally there= from. hen the slide is adjusted as last described, it forms an outer wall or covering for the thread-guiding passage in the shuttle.

I prefer to make the slide 0 in the form of a sleeve or collar surrounding the-shuttle, the latter having a reduced cylindrical neck a, upon which the interior of the slide or collar 0 fits, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. g

It will be seen that the slide or collar constitutes a thread-transferring device which receives the free end of the thread from the spindle at the top of the shuttle and transfers it to the side of the shuttle. To prevent the slide or collar from turning too freely on the shuttle, I provide a yielding detent (shown in Fig. 2 as a ball f) located in a cavity in the shuttle and pressed by a spring 9 into a shallow cavity h in the slide or collar 0, the arrangement being such that the collar is held by the detent in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

I claim- 1. A shuttle provided with a thread-guiding channel having a receiving portion and a delivering portion, and a movable slide containing a thread-receiving recess which regis- IOO when the slide is in one position and with the delivering portion when the slide is in another position.

2. A shuttle provided with a thread-guiding channel comprising a longitudinallvextending receiving portion and a laterally-extending delivering portion, and with a slide containing a thread-receiving recess which registers with the receiving portion of the channel when the slide is in one position, and with the delivering portion when the slide is in another position.

3. A shuttle provided with a thread-guiding channel having a receiving portion and a 

